Kimball Library News

Friday, April 6, 2018

Kimball Library News 4/2/18

Besides all the fun activities on the horizon for April ‘stay-cation’ folks to do right at the library, we also remind you that we have a myriad of museum passes that will help defray the cost if you want to venture out of town. Please check the website and reserve a pass online or give us a call to get your reservation before it is scooped up.

PRESS HERE: Come for stories! Games to play! Make a necklace and a book! This morning's activities are based on the book 'Press Here!' by Herve Tullet. So many dots, big and small! Come see them all!

The exclamation point is not in the title of the book, but our enthusiasm for this event for the littles ages 2+ to 6 cannot be curbed by regular punctuation! Register your child/ren for Tuesday, April 24^th. The range of time to attend is between 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM. All that means is when the kids decide they are done, they are done. J

LIBRARIES ROCK! CUPCAKE WARS: This is the 4^th annual cupcake wars where t/weens in grades 4-12 decorate their way to being dubbed champion. We are hosting this event (registration only) on Tuesday, April 24^thstarting at 6:30 PM.

Participation Rules~ 1. Be in grades 4-12. 2. Each participant must prepare 6 UN-decorated cupcakes prior to the event. You must bring all your decorating tools and supplies that you will need. 3. At the event, you’ll have 30 minutes to decorate them all. TWO of the cupcakes selected by you will be used for judging. The other portion will be shared with other contestants and judges. 4. Cupcakes will be judged on the following criteria: Appearance, taste, creativity, clean station, and presentation to judges.

Participant may make any flavor of cupcake desired but, please stay within the theme of the event 'Libraries ROCK' in anticipation of summer reading events! We sample each other’s work after the judging. Be prepared to share.

*The winner will get a ‘small’ prize. Parents, this is for kids and the process is supposed to be fun and not highly competitive. The t/weens are expected to do their own baking and decorating. Yes, box mixes or canned frosting may be used. Ask or email kwatson@kimballlibrary.com if you have more questions.

INK BLOT, CREATIVE DOT: Have you ever turned an art mistake into something amazing? Do you sometimes see something beautiful in what others would see as messy? Have fun with us creating a colorful dot, splash, blot or splat and turning it into a masterpiece. Your artwork can be anything you can imagine!

Join us for what is sure to be a fun filled, colorful evening on Thursday, April 26, at 6:30 PM. Registered youth in grades K-5 may participate.

SILLY SCAVENGER HUNT: Are you good at riddles? Are you a super sleuth? Do you like kooky and zany? Drop in for a silly scavenger hunt through the library on Friday, April 27^th between 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM! Wear your clothes backwards or solve the clues for a silly surprise.

MORE INFO: Go to www.kimballlibrary.com to register for events or use the data bases. You may also call us Monday-Friday from 10-8 and on Saturday from 10-3 at 603.362.5234 to register with a ‘human’.

Friday, March 30, 2018

Kimball Library News 3/26/18

Feeling tired? Open your eyes to the connection of nutrition and sleep!

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology Program, ‘Poor sleep health is a common problem with 25 percent of U.S. adults reporting insufficient sleep or rest at least 15 out of every 30 days’. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion states that the public health burden of chronic sleep loss and sleep disorders, coupled with low awareness of poor sleep health among the general population, necessitates a well-coordinated strategy to improve sleep-related health.

In addition to sleep, a healthy diet and physical activity can result in fewer chronic diseases.

As a part of lifelong learning focus on a healthy body and a healthy mind, please join us at Kimball Library for ‘Nutrition and Sleep: What is the Connection?’ on Monday, April 16, at 6:30 PM. Registration is required. You may call the library or register yourself online from the calendar on our website.

Registered Dietitian, Karen DiPietro will discuss: How nutrition can improve quality of sleep, which foods, nutrients and herbs can enhance sleep, which foods and beverages can be a detriment to sleep, what snacks can enhance sleep, and how lifestyle practices and bed-time routines can improve sleep.

Karen is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator at Ellen Byron and Associates in Haverhill, MA, where she provides individual nutrition counseling and diabetes education. She facilitates after school nutrition and cooking programs for Kids Test Kitchen. Her career accomplishments include establishing a heart-healthy vegetarian pot-luck dinner group at a cardiac rehab program, and initiating comprehensive diabetes self-management education for home care patients. She also established a nationally accredited diabetes education program. Karen is passionate about helping people eat healthier by tailoring eating strategies to individual preferences and lifestyle, leading to sustainable changes in eating behavior. She is the facilitator for Kimball Library’s monthly Healthy Cookbook Club.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Kimball Library.

APRIL STAYCATION (April 23-27): We have activities for a range of ages planned on Monday through Friday. Details will be in next week’s article, but jump on the website now to register for any or all of the following: Mother Goose (infants to 2+), T/ween Stitch a Bit (ages 9-19), Press Here! (ages 2-6), Libraries Rock Cupcake Wars (grades 4-12), S.T.E.M. Toys (ages 3+), Snap Circuit Lab 101 (grades 2-5), Ink Blot, Creative Dot! (grades K-5), and Silly Scavenger Hunt (all ages). Visiting the calendar gives you all the particulars in advance as well as insures that your child or teen is guaranteed a space. Friends from other towns are welcome if they register.

Kimball Library News 3/19/18

Upcoming Tuesday afternoon movies at 1pm on the horizon to be served with free popcorn are as follows: Darkest Hour (April 3), Lady Bird (April 10), Phantom Thread (April 17), The Greatest Showman (April 24). Please arrive early for the best seats.

RECREATE A BOOK COVER ART CONTEST (Grades K-12): Put your creativity and reading together! Pick out a children's book that can be found in our children's department and use the book cover as a model for your artwork. Use paper, paints, crayons, clay, markers, or any other type art medium to make your own version of the cover of the book. Work on it at home, at school, or anywhere you feel creative! Spend hours or weeks perfecting your art work. It can be an exact copy of the book cover or your own unique take.

Submissions will be displayed in Kimball's youth department during school vacation week April 23rd through the 27th. Youth in grades K through 12 visiting the library anytime during that week will be able to vote for their favorite entries. There will also be independent judging. Prizes will be awarded the first week in May.

Please register in person for this contest at the Kimball Library with your intent to compete starting in March until the submission deadline. Card carrying youth or their caregivers may sign up any person in grades K through 12 for this contest. Children or t/weens are required to complete the artwork independently. Please submit the title and author of the book along with your name, age and your artwork.

Registration in person ONLY. Entries must be submitted no later than Friday, April 20th, at 5 PM.

A VISIT WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: In 1837, teenaged Victoria ascended to the British throne, untrained and innocent. Those who would try to usurp her power underestimated this self-willed intelligent young woman whose mettle sustained her through her 63-year reign. Using Queen Victoria's diary and letters, this program reveals the personal details of a powerful yet humane woman, who took seriously her role as monarch in a time of great expansion. She and her husband, Albert, set an example of high moral character and dedication, a novelty in the royal house after generations of scandal. During her reign, she survived seven assassination attempts and there were 17 Presidents of the United States. With passion, charm and wit, Sally Mummey dispels the myths and fables that obscure Queen Victoria. In a first person portrayal, Miss Mummey captures the essence of the Queen by using Victoria’s own words and performs this living history in proper 19th century clothing resplendent with Royal Orders.

About Sally Mummey: For more than twenty years Sally Mummey has brought First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln to life for hundreds of audiences throughout the eastern U.S. Using storytelling and a good dash of humor, she engages audiences of all ages in dynamic, interactive, first-person portrayals. Mummey is an award-winning lifetime member of the Association of Lincoln Presenters. She is also a member of the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Society of Europe, the Victorian Society, and the Surratt Society, as well as Solo Together, a New England-based organization of re-enactors who portray political figures from 19th- and 20th- century America.

Open to the public, this program on Thursday, April 12 at 6:30pm is made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities. For more information on New Hampshire Humanities visit www.nhhumanities.org

Kimball Library News 3/12/18

Would you like to encourage your little pre-reader? Here’s how…

Last summer we celebrated several VIP readers who completed ‘NH’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten’ program at the library. These readers spent months (or years) tracking books they read or heard. To encourage their hard work, they were reinforced with stickers and small prizes along their journey to the 1,000 book mark. Their culminating V.I.P. status resulted in a prize bag and front row seats at all of our summer reading concerts and performances. Do you know a young reader that would love to get this kind of recognition for reading? We’re looking for Atkinson residents as young infancy to start the process of reading or listening to 1,000 books before the end of their kindergarten school year. Visit us in the children’s department for more information and to start the journey to being our next Very Important Person!

AUTHOR TED REINSTEIN - NEW ENGLAND’S GENERAL STORES: EXPLORING AN AMERICAN CLASSIC: Ted Reinstein has been a reporter for 'Chronicle,” WCVB-TV/Boston’s award-winning—and America’s longest-running, locally-produced—nightly news magazine since 1997. In addition, he is a regular contributor for the station’s political roundtable show and sits on WCVB’s Editorial Board. He is the also the author of Globe Pequot’s New England Notebook: One Reporter, Six States, Uncommon Stories, and Wicked Pissed: New England's Most Famous Feuds.

New England General Stores: The general store is as old as America itself. It conjures a country-like place where kids come in to buy penny candy, and adults to buy everything from fresh vegetables to four-penny nails. It was a place to pick up mail, the newspaper, and perhaps tarry a bit on a chilly morning to chat over a cup of coffee and a warm wood stove. Long before 'Cheers,” the general store was the vital and inviting heart of a community, where everyone not only knew your name, but how you took that coffee, how many kids you had, and hey, how’s your dad doing, anyway?

But far from becoming mere relics with a roof, many iconic general stores are still very much open, very much in business, and very much still the heart of their communities. What’s more, like the diner, general stores have seen a resurgence all across New England. They are being renovated, reopened and reimagined for our time. Today, many general stores are prized more than ever as that vanishing but all-important 'third place” in a community. In profiling the colorful stories of some of New England’s most iconic general stores, the remarkable, ongoing story of this region itself comes to life.

Registration is required for this super event happening on Thursday, April 5^th, starting promptly at 7:00 PM. This event is sponsored by the generous Friends of the Kimball Library. Refreshments will be served.